Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

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• Exusia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Currently downloading everything to MO2 huehuehue

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  • LiveLM@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    As an outsider to Bethesda modding, given how difficult it looks, I’m surprised to hear this isn’t already a thing.

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    • ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Modding community will never allow it, when Nexus allowed people to keep downloading old mods a bunch of authors decried it since they wanted the ability to remove a mod from the internet forever. It was ‘theirs’ (even though it’s just modified Bethesda data)

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    • Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      well wabbajack works with nexus (You just buy one month for free autodownloads) but I guess that’ll have to change

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    • Exusia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I found a couple recommendation lists to “make the game look good” because I dont need all the fancy extras like body mods and weapons and grouped them together in load order, because I knew at some stage I could just package them nicely into a ZIP if I need to uninstall Skyrim for some reason. Glad to see I was ahead of the game

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    • tal@lemmy.today ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It really depends on how one is modding. Bethesda does have their own mod site and in-game support for modding, and that’s pretty straightforward (and the only option on consoles). That will limit what mods are available.

      I do kind of wish that there were one cross-platform open-source universal “game mod” program that could support multiple online services.

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• Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  We all know how these things go, so I understand everybody’s fears but please wait to react until they make actual moves toward crossing the line. I remain optimistic about the site’s future, and the recent ways they handled user feedback as it has been changing in the last few years is evidence I should be

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  • forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I won’t stop using them because I (seemingly now foolishly) bought the lifetime membership, but I’ll be continuing to look for alternatives.

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  • fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m not going to continue to invest my time into an inevitable wreck.

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• DaedalousIlios@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Jesus fucking Christ, they didn’t sell out to a fucking company! He transferred ownership to two long-time users of the site! There wasn’t even a deal struck, he just said “you’re the owners now!”

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    how do we know no money was involved? both the new owners apparently work at the same company, which was recently created and is a subsidiary of a vc firm.

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    • DaedalousIlios@pawb.social ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How do we know there was? How, exactly is one to prove that a transaction didn’t take place? Sure, he, the former owner, could say there wasn’t, but that doesn’t mean anymore or less than what he already has, which is that he believes the new owners share his vision for the site! And at least he picked two people who, to my understanding, have been around Nexus for awhile!

      I’m not saying it’s impossible that Nexus enshittifies, and I understand that it’s been a trend lately, but this, as of this moment right now, feels like senseless panic that ought to be saved for when they actually do something wrong! I’ll join the hate wagon when they start brutally monatizing the site or taking IPOs.

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Time to cancel the subscription for fast download i guess.

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• Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Nexus Mods is far too late on the monetization aspect. The restrictions placed on mod downloading sucks, and it hard pushes buying a membership. Not to mention they basically gave up on vortex and its a buggy mess even if you run it native.

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  • GunValkyrie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They gave up on vortex to make the nexus mods app. Which is pretty impressive so far. I would recommend reading the articles from the makers of it that discuss how they are making it and why. It’s really interesting.

    I have been using the nexus mods app for cyberpunk and it’s really slick and easy.

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    • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I wasn’t aware there was a replacement that was suitable. I will have to look into that, thank you.

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• the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I have a bridge to sell anyone who believes that.

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• cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Obviously they will. Years down the road. 🤗

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• lechekaflan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  File a lawsuit. Paying customers are supposed to do that if they were given an explanation but in bad-faith language.

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• narr1@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  sure buddy, unfortunately they done that already. I especially love the 3 mbps cap on downloads with free accounts.

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• iamjackflack@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Hahaha yea right… give it 6-12 months and that will change

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• Thassodar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  When is Nexus Mods 2: Electric Boogaloo?

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You’re in luck, it’s already in the works.

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• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  No they will sell it to someone that will though

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